12 Provisions for parishes without parochial church councils.U.K.
Where it is proposed that the powers conferred by this Measure shall be exercised in relation to any benefice and at the time of such proposed exercise there is no parochial church council constituted in the parish within which that benefice is situate, the following provisions shall have effect:—
(i)Any notice or information required to be given under this Measure to the parochial church council of the parish concerned shall be deemed to be duly given if given to the churchwardens of that parish; and
(ii)the churchwardens of the parish concerned shall have the same powers of raising objections, making representations, and giving consents as are conferred on parochial church councils by this Measure, and every objection, representation or consent so raised, made or given, shall be as effectual for all the purposes of this Measure as if there were a parochial church council duly constituted in that parish, and such objection, representation or consent had been duly raised, made or given by such parochial church council.